- Australia has repealed law which allowed sick refugees held offshore to be treated in the country. Since 2013, the nation has sent asylum seekers arriving by boat to detention centres on Nauru and Papua New Guinea. At least 12 people have died. Reports of children as young as 11 attempting suicide. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-50653195 7 comments worldnews
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